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...Middlesex County Clerk of Courts is Councillor Edward J. Sullivan, brother of candidate Walter J. Sullivan. An affidavit submitted Thursday to the County District Attorney's office stated that a shut-in woman's first place vote for councillor DeGuglielmo had been changed to a first place vote for Walter J. Sullivan. The statement also said a man with an artificial right hand came to the woman's apartment and claimed to be a notary public sent by the Election Commission...
...Anybody who's ever had anything to do with politics knows who the guy with the bum arm is," Councillor DeGuglielmo said. He thought the Election Commission was duty-bound to give the voters an honest election, and that it should check all ballots notarized by this person to see if they have in fact been altered...
Election law requires an absentee voter to seal his ballot in an envelope, which is then notarized. This envelope is placed in an outer envelope, which is also sealed. DeGuglielmo said he proposed to the Commission that it open these outer envelopes, identify the notarizer, and if a ballot has been notarized by the man in question, then the Commission should tell each absentee voter there may have been some tampering with his ballot...
Should the voter request an inspection, DeGuglielmo wants one to be conducted. Should the voter not desire an inspection, he said, then the Commission should place the inner envelope back in the outer...
Hartnett said people at the State House told him that the ballots could not be opened without a court order. DeGuglielmo said earlier that the Commission need not follow his specific suggestions, but unless it took some constructive measures to investigate the allegations, he might seek an immediate writ of mandamus against the Commission. He added he would not wait until Monday, when the City Council has its regular meeting...